*The nominees for the Annie Awards were announced on Tuesday, December 1. Hayao Miyazaki was nominated for the Directing in a Feature Production for Ponyo, and Joe Hisaishi was nominated for Music in a Feature Production for the same film. Astro Boy received two nominations: Sharon Bridgeman was nominated for Storyboarding in a Feature Production, and Timothy Harris and David Bowers were nominated in the Writing in a Feature Production category.

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This week, I posted four new articles new articles. The first two are biographies for Toshio Oka and Hisaya Morishige. The third is a review of Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys, and the final article is an episode listing for Beast King GoLion and Lion Force Voltron. There are links to all four articles included later in the newsletter.

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